Relation of growth hormone response to growth hormone-releasing hormone before weaning and postweaning growth performance in beef calves

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 2217-2223

  Auchtung, T L ^a   Barao, S M ^a   Dahl, G E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone; Growth Performance

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; WEANING;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; WEANING;

EID: 0035432048     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2001.7982217x     Document Type: Article

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